Dear Dr. Carol,

I wanted to give you an update on my cat, Samantha.

She’s almost back to herself.  She’s eating, drinking and all that comes with that, along with playing a little as well as being her same ole’ demanding self! LOL!!

I spoke with Dr. Summerlin, DVM here, the Vet that had seen Samantha,  his diagnosis was that she had gotten some sort of infection, perhaps from that cat food and agreed that the way she responded to your vitamin supplements and home-made diet that there was indeed no cause for alarm considering her kidney’s at this time, and again, that due in fact to her creatine level being “dead on.”

He agree’s that the abnormalities in Samantha’s bloodwork are all explained by her vomiting and diarrhea for four days acompanied with having eaten that recalled cat food for two weeks.

Dr. Summerlin is not concerned with Samantha’s thyroid since her Thyroid test was 23 on a 10-50 scale, nor is he concerned at this time about her kidney’s. He approves of your VitaLife supplements and does agree with you that another full battery of blood and urine might be a good idea in about 6 weeks just to follow up with her health.

Forgive me for not getting back with you sooner than this, however, I haven’t been able to get a consult with Dr. Summerlin until just this week and wanted to do that first.

I will look forward to your thoughts as usual and your wonderful input, Dr. Carol.

Thank you!!

LET’S MOTOR,
CHASE C.
MINI of Pensacola

The list of tainted pet products is so extensive, I wanted to provide a list to date of the potentially deadly pet vitamin supplements recalled this year by the FDA. Most are recalled due to salmonella bacteria contamination.

These recalled pet nutritional supplements include everything from pet arthritis supplements to dog dental treats, pet digestive aids dog ear powders, pet multi-vitamins, cat urinary tract health care products and fatty acids for dogs and cats.

Pet Retailers from Doctors Foster and Smith to Petco and United Pet Group  are just some of the pet outlets carrying these contaminated pet nutritional supplements for dogs and cats.

Bookmark www.carolonpets.com for the latest pet health care news,anti-aging tips and information for your dogs and cats.

Holistic veterinarian, researcher and fellow pet lover, Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM., is available for pet health care consultations and pet health questions for dogs and cats.

Contact Dr. Carol’s office toll free at 1-866-372-2765 to make an appointment for your dog and/or cat.

Every spring, pet owners are faced with the battle of how to prevent Heartworms.

The EPA’s recent warning about the safety of topical products used to prevent Heartworm disease has many pet owners worried. Dog and cat owners are looking for safe solutions to protect their pets from the dreaded mosquito’s that carry and spread this disease.

Is there any hope that we could see an end to these pesky parasites?

Believe it or not scientists discovered the heartworm parasite of dogs over 150 years ago and it was found in cats over 80 years ago.  Yet, each year countless dogs and cats suffer from this horrible worm and estimates indicate cases of heartworm disease in dogs and cats in North American number in the millions.

So, what’s the solution?

Heartworm disease is no joke and is devastating to your pet’s health. Spread by the bite of a mosquito

these worms can grow up to two feet in length and lives in your dog’s heart.  This takes a toll on the heart and causes it to work much harder than normal to pump blood and vital nutrients throughout your pet’s body.  The result is that your dog’s heart gets tired from excess work and begins to fail. As time passes, pets show signs of heart failure.

Initially, dogs get tired quickly, sleep more and play less. As their heart disease progresses, fluid accumulates in their lungs so coughing especially in the morning, when they wake up is common. Without treatment pets die.

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Hi Dr. Carol,

I promised you an update on the cats paaws vitamins, the cats absolutely love them! I add the AM capsule in the morning with their food and they eat it right up and they enjoy the PM vitamins too. Shirley our 15 year old Siamese has not had any more seizures so far and we are keeping our fingers crossed that we will be able to successfully wean her off the phenobarbital with your wonderful help.

I will be adding the Paaws cat vitamins to my monthly order.

Thank you,
Kathleen M.
Baltimore, Maryland

HI DR. CAROL,

THANK YOU, I DID RECEIVE THE VITALIFE CAT VITAMINS FOR ARNIE,

AND HAVE READ YOUR NATURALLY HEALTHY CATS BOOK, AND FOUND IT TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

I HAVE ALSO RECOMMENDED YOUR PRODUCTS TO MY FRIENDS WHO ALSO HAVE PETS, AS I HAVE FOUND YOUR VITALIFE CAT PRODUCT TO BE OF EXCELLENCE.

MANY THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR YOU KINDNESS IN HELPING WITH ARNIE’S ILLNESS, AS YOU CAN TELL I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP HIS INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) ILLNESS.

MANY, MANY THANKS!!

MARIA W.
UNITED KINGDOM

This past week, we saw two more food recalls of concern. First, about 96,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled in Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania after several people became ill because of contamination, with a bacteria, commonly found in fecal material, called E. Coli. E-Coli bacteria cause severe diarrhea in people and pets. The recall included meats produced by Valley Meats, LLC.

Next, Nutro Pet Products announced the recall of two brands of their dry cat foods (Nutro Max Cat and Nutro Natural Choice Cat). The foods were deficient in potassium and had too much zinc.

Nutro Products recall is for select varieties of NUTRO(R) NATURAL CHOICE(R) COMPLETE CARE(R) Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO(R) MAX(R) Cat Dry Foods with “Best If Used by Dates” between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being voluntarily recalled in the United States and ten additional countries. This recall is due to incorrect levels of zinc and potassium in our finished product resulting from a production error by a US-based premix supplier.

Two mineral premixes were affected. One premix contained excessive levels of zinc and under-supplemented potassium. The second premix under-supplemented potassium. Both zinc and potassium are essential nutrients for cats and are added as nutritional supplements to NUTRO(R) dry cat food.
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Hi Dr Carol,

Very well, thanks..As I type, Sampson is “flirting” with Maggie again! I still have to be careful re: Maggie’s food – she still seems to be able to eat only the chicken or else she gets a little “loose” – I tried her on a whole vitamin night and day but went back to 1/2 dose…she looks fantastic and I think is gaining a little weight…things seem so much better now, than they did a year or even six months ago!

Maggie is still off insulin and her heart murmur, at least at the moment, has not cramped her style. She is agile and alert (though she has always acted a little schizo). What I really notice with the PAAWS vitamins are all three cats’ coats…so much softer, really beautiful for three “senior citizens”!

I wish for the sake of convenience that I could feed Maggie a commercial food, but I think I have tried the best of them (all canned)…It seems, she is fine with your home made recipe and I am able to add a tiny bit of wet food now and again, but then I have to back off the wet as the smelly stools return (though not as before). A real puzzle to me…but she doesn’t look jaundiced or anything, otherwise I would suspect a liver problem…her ALT came down too, so that’s another positive.

As much as I’d love to put a label on whatever “condition” Maggie has, I am so pleased that she is holding her own, and is so much improved WITH ALL YOUR WONDERFUL HELP AND ADVICE, as opposed to how she suffered with her diarrhea and vomiting before I contacted you!

Thanks for all you have done and for your ongoing concern…and for PAAWS. I recommend them to all my pet-owning friends.

Sylvia W.
San Francisco, CA.

Hartz Mountain Corp. has recalled two lots of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats because of concerns about potential Salmonella contamination of bottles within the lots.

UFAC (USA) Inc. of Baconton, Georgia manufactured both lots for Hartz in 2007. Testing by Hartz and UFAC has not revealed the presence of Salmonella in any Hartz products, but recent sampling by the Food and Drug Administration did detect the bacteria.

The first lot of tainted pet vitamins that Hartz recalled was 3,600 bottles of Hartz Vitamin Care for Cats, lot code SZ-16371. The second lot was 739 bottles, lot code SZ-22771. The bar code on bottles from both lots is 32700-97701.

Hartz has not received reports of pets or people becoming ill as a result of coming into contact with the product. Customers can contact Hartz at (800) 275-1414 with any questions and to obtain
reimbursement for cat vitamins that are tainted.

Bookmark www.carolonpets.com for the latest pet health news and longevity updates for your dog and cat. Veterinarian and author, Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM is available for personal pet health consultations and pet health questions for dogs and cats. Call Dr. Carol toll free at 1-866-372-2765.

I wanted to share this note I received from a client I have been working with over the phone for the last couple months, trying to help her resolve chronic diarrhea in her cat, Maggie.

After several months of costly veterinary visits, x-rays, ultrasound and blood tests, Maggies diarrhea had become an expensive night mere for her owner, who was at the end of the road and was contemplating euthanasia as a last resort. This shows how effective a simple diet change along with a comprehensive natural pet vitamin supplement can be for your pet’s health, even with a diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

Hi Dr. Carol…

So far so good…Maggie (the “IBD” cat) is getting about 1/2 of each of your Paaws AM/PM vitamin capsule and it does not yet seem to be bothering her. My other two cats, as you know, are doing really well with Paaws.

I am happy to keep our cat Maggie on 1/2 dose for a little longer just to be super careful…I have a question for you regarding her diet.

Maggie is still getting home cooked chicken breast. The other two cats have grain free canned chicken formula and/or Chicken canned. They do great on these diets. When they were getting home-cooked, they practically never had bowel movements, even with pumpkin added. So I put them back on the high quality natural canned food and kept Margie’s diet home cooked using your recipe.

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Hi Dr. Carol,

I know I have told you many times, but your pet anti-aging-wellness products are absolutely the best. It’s not just one product, I mean ALL of your products. I honestly wouldn’t know what I do without you and your wonderful dog and cat products! Our pets depend on you.

My husband loves your digestive enzymes for cats.

It seems to settle (Joe the Himalayan) stomach, our vet has seen major improvements that she made a notation on his chart and herself because she wants to inform her other patients to try your enzymes.

As for the new paaws cat vitamin product, I can’t wait to get it! I will definitely let you know what they think. Thanks again for everything Dr. Carol.